Sanitary covering for closet-seats.



P. I. MESIOK, E. P. W. ELLIOT & M. E. WOODCOCK. SANITARY covmma FORCLOSET SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED ABBA, 1914.

1,108,460. Patented Aug-25,1914.

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FRANK I. MESICK, EMMA P. W. ELLIOT, AND MABEL E. WOODCOCK, OIE ALBANY,NEW

YORK. I

SANITARY COVERING FOR GLOSET-SEAT$.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

Application filed April 4, 1914. Serial No. 829,670.

To all cohom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK I. MESICK,

EMMA P. W. ELLiO'r, and MABEL E. V0013- eoon, all being citizens of theUnited States of America, and each residing at the city of Albany, inthe count-y of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Sanitary Coverings for Closet-Seats, of whichthe following is a specification.

"Our invention relates to a sanitary covering for closet seats, and theobject of our invention is to provide an inexpensive covering whiclnmaybe readily placed on a closet seat and removed therefrom and which willeffectively prevent the transmission of diseases; together with suchelements and combinations as are hereinafter more particularly set forthand claimed. We accomplish these objects by means of the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a transverse section of our invention applied to a closetseat. Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view of our invention.

Similar -.letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

WVe construct our covering of light, inexpensive material, preferably ofpaper, although we do not limit ourselves to this matcrial.

The portion, A, of the covering is adapted to cover the closet seat andhas at its rear the openings, B, B, with preferably the por tion, A, cutat D, D, between the openings, B, B, and the rear edge, O, whereby thehinges on the cover may be ushed throu h the cuts, D, D, into theopenings, B, B. W e also secure to the reverse side of the cover, A, acurved strip, E, which may be pasted or otherwise secured along itsouter edges to the cover, A, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 2,-leavingthe strip, E, detached from the cover, A, through a greater part of itsextent and permitting the cover to be slipped onto the seat, F, of thecloset, G, by causing the forward part of the seat, F, to enter thespace between the strip, E, and the cover, A, and occupying the positionshown in Fig. 1. The cover, A, may be cut out at H, corresponding to theopening in the closet seat, F, and along the edges of the cut-outportion are a series of slits, h, h, permitting the parts, J ,J of thecover between the slits to be bent downward around the sides of theppemlng in the seat of the closet, as shown in As thus arranged thecover may be very quickly placed in position by the most unskilledperson. The arrangement of the cover is such that it is retained both atfront and rear, that is, by the front of the seat entering the sack-likeformation of the strip, E, in the cover, A, and at the rear by, thehinges on the closet seat entering the openings in the cover. The coveris held in posi tion and effectively prevents the person of the userengaging with any portion of the closet seat.

What we claim as our invention and desire prising a piece of thin,pliable material cut out in the center, adapted to cover the closetseat; a curved, thin strip of pliable material cut out in the centersecured along its outer edges to the reverse side of said cover, leavingthe strip detached from the cover throughout a greater part of itsextent, permitting the cover to be slipped onto the seat, the seatoccupying the space between the strip and the cover; and said coverprovided with openings through which the hinges of the seat pass.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK I. MESICK. EMMA P. V. ELLIOT. MABEL E. WOODCOCK. Witnesses:

EDWARD J. RooNnY, JAMES A. BURNHAM. -T

